Hierarchy modification

a technology of hierarchy and modification, applied in the field of hierarchy modification, can solve the problems of user confusion, general difficulty in scanning relevant information, and user's inability to understand the relationship of various pieces of information in a simple list format, and is particularly cumbersome for larger lists

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-11-22
VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC
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This approach enables users to quickly identify relevant information without excessive scrolling, while minimizing space consumption on the interface, facilitating the retrieval of the most interesting information.

Problems solved by technology

However, this method has the disadvantage of being generally difficult to scan for relevant information due to the length of the descriptive names, which can be long or otherwise cumbersome.
Additionally, a user will likely not be able to understand how various pieces of information are related in a simple list format, e.g., how each piece of information is classified in relation to the other pieces of information that may be displayed.
This may be particularly cumbersome for larger lists of information covering broad categories of interest.
However, displaying information hierarchically generally consumes a large amount of vertical space on any graphical user interface through which the searcher may be viewing a hierarchically arranged set of information, because a hierarchical arrangement generally requires a separate line of text for each category and subcategory presented.
Information displayed in a hierarchy of information may therefore require excessive scrolling or additional sorting by a user, who may find it burdensome to view a lengthy and detailed hierarchy of information, and further may find it difficult to determine which information in the hierarchy is of greatest interest.
Such difficulties are particularly acute where a large quantity of search results is presented in a hierarchy.

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[0013]Information concerning categories and subcategories in a hierarchy that are relevant to a request for information may be displayed, while information concerning categories and subcategories that are of lesser or no relevance to requested information are omitted from a display, even when such information is included in search results or some other set of information provided in response to a request for information. For example, categories of information that in fact contain no information may be collapsed or eliminated, i.e., pruned, from a display of a hierarchy of information. Sub-categories that that have no siblings in a hierarchy, i.e., the sub-category is the only child of its parent category, may likewise be pruned from a display of a hierarchy of categories of information. Further, displayed categories and subcategories in a hierarchy may be displayed with a longer, more descriptive name to provide proper context in the absence of a portion of the original ...

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Abstract

A hierarchy of nodes is created, each node being one of associated with an item retrieved according to a condition and associated with a category of information including the item. It is determined whether at least one of the nodes is redundant in the hierarchy. The at least one of the nodes is pruned from the hierarchy if the at least one of the nodes is redundant.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 474,996, filed on Jun. 27, 2006, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND INFORMATION[0002]Information retrieved from electronic databases, e.g., information displayed on the Internet, such as by way of the World Wide Web, may be organized and presented according to hierarchically arranged categories. For example, many web sites include “site maps” that display an organization of web pages in a web site according to a hierarchical index. Further, numerous known web sites allow users to search for items, such as items in a directory, and present search results in a hierarchy.[0003]Displaying information in a flat list, with each element having a descriptive name, is one approach for displaying information. Such a layout generally takes up a minimum of vertical space on a graphical user interface such as a computer screen. However, this met...

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Patent Type & AuthorityPatents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30
CPCG06F3/0482G06F17/30554G06F16/248
InventorHUITEMA, JOHN S.
OwnerVERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC